Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

David Alfaro Siqueiros: Voz Viva de Mexico - Part 1 David Alfaro Siqueiros: Voz Viva de Mexico - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: CD 147Format: CDProducers: Universidad Nacional Autonomia de MexicoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
David Siquieros habla del nuevo realismo mexicano. Voz del autor, 1967.
David Alfaro Siqueiros: Voz Viva de Mexico, Part 2 David Alfaro Siqueiros: Voz Viva de Mexico, Part 2
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: CD 148Format: CDProducers: Universidad Nacional Autonomia de MexicoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
David Siquieros habla del nuevo realismo mexicano. Voz del autor, 1967. En espanol. Part 2
Diego Rivera on Record (In Spanish) Diego Rivera on Record (In Spanish)
Date: 1/1/1958Call Number: CD 149Format: DATProducers: Caedmon RecordsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Diego Rivera, interviewed in the studio of his home in San Angel in 1958. Cars, trucks and dogs all make their debut in this recording as well as Rivera’s artistic and political convisctions. he comments on Giotto, Picasso and marx, and criticizes American political figures (in Spanish).
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Jose Medina with el Instituto Laboral talks about the exploitation of mostly Latino minimum wage workers. Christine S. with the Day Labor Program describes how they help workers find jobs and protect themselves while at work.
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rene Castro speaks about how the Mission Cultural Center has sustained itself on their 15th anniversary.